Shit, John thought, as he looked through the different
options on the terminal before finding the one marked alert chief of staff,
opening up the window, he smiled as he saw Aaron’s name next to it, tapping
that option, he found he could tailor the message sent out and quickly set
it to alert him that Altare Six was incoming with twelve rescued and one of
them was a code patient, once sent, he ran out of the office intent on
making it to the air field to meet the jet in case he was needed.

Aaron and the rest of the Clan were topside where he
could keep an eye on Richard. It had been a struggle for the young royal as
they worked through the years of neglect which had turned into pain recently
when he had discovered things about his parents he didn’t really want to
know. And to add misery to everything else, the way his parents did not even
acknowledge his existence when he returned and their faces when he accused
them of not wanting him to have lived so it would be easier on them did a
lot of damage. He only hoped that the hours working through it with Richard
worked, that little bit of difference of not being able to fully merge with
his mind, nagged on him just that little bit as he could not guarantee
another meltdown.

Alteration was possible Aaron thought, as he watched
Richard and Damien laughing as they gathered eggs, Richard wanted to help with
afternoon chores so he felt like he belonged. He would sit down tomorrow with Victoria and Edward to
discuss ways to help Richard. Might as well include Andrew he thought, as
being closest to Richard's age, he might have some insight as the only thing
he could think of at the moment was to stuff him in a bio-tube alter him so
he was Alteran and then merge his mind fully, thus assuring that his mind was
fully healed. Reminders safely in his mind for tomorrow’s meeting, where
they would plan the next day’s activities and announcements when the
Asclepius arrived, he wondered how Tommy was getting along after having his
plans thrown for a loop at the last minute.

Smiling as Brian came over and sat down next to him,
Aaron turned to face him, “Well now that you’ve had a couple of days to
settle in, what do you think?”

Brian smiled, “The farms here are fantastic and Tommy
really did come up with some pretty good plans, but I don’t see how one or
two people can handle everything, even with volunteers, the work load is
going to be an all day thing, leaving very little time for anything else,
and I’m already behind in my studies in certain areas by the placement tests
I took.”

Chuckling, Aaron stood up and held his hand out for
Brian to take, “I have something to show you that will blow your mind, let’s
go to the garden; I want to show you how to pick vegetables my way.”

Porting both of them to the edge of the garden nearest
the green beans, Aaron looked around before closing his eyes and porting in
several of the deep trays for vegetables, “Now, let me show you how a
kinetic harvests crops.”Lleaning over he searched the first plant for a
green bean mature enough for harvesting, finding one, he picked it and stood
back up. “Now the normal way you’re used to thinking about things is to go
out and search the plants and pick the ones ready for harvest. My way, on
the other hand, is to use my mind and gifts to harvest in a fraction of the
time. Granted, it will take some practice before you gain this kind of
control, but you’ll have the time after being altered to master your gifts
so you too can do this.” Aaron waved his hand over the rows of beans, and
holding the green bean he picked, he closed his eyes and walked down the
row, mind searching for matches to the one in his hand, once finding a match
using Kinetics he removed them from the plant and micro ported them to the
waiting trays.

Smiling, once he reached the other end, he turned
around and grinned seeing the look of shocked awe on Brian’s face, changing
the parameters of what he was searching for, Aaron closed his eyes on the
return trip, mind searching for beans larger than the one in his hand,
filling the second and third tray before he stopped, back where he started.
Dropping the bean in his hand in with the others, he finally laughed,
catching David’s and Mark’s disgusted looks on their faces, holding up his
hands. “Wait a minute, you had to learn to harvest the old fashioned way
first David, before being shown the new way, otherwise you would not have a
feeling for the plants and how the beans break from the stems and the rest
that is involved, and Mark, first you have to master porting, before even
trying this as what I did was use kinetics to harvest the beans, and micro
ported them to the trays, you’re not even a full day out of resequencing.”

Any further conversation was cut off as Aaron’s
P.A.D.D. started sounding an alert and Tommy’s voice sounded over it,
causing Aaron to port out for the trauma center without saying anything and
David to path Kevin and the rest, telling them what he heard.

“Shit, what do you call this when he stops breathing…
Code Blue…now what did Aaron call it goddamn it…it’s not fair we rescued
them.”

“Altair Trauma, we are declaring code patient I repeat
we are declaring code patient.”

Showing up in the trauma pod, Aaron went over to the
console and logged in, seeing bio-tubes already dispatched to the tarmac, he
closed his eyes and pathed Friedrich, “let
me see through your eyes, look to a clear area so I can port in.”

Getting the visualization he needed, Aaron ported into
the rapidly descending air craft and rushed over to Friedrich’s side,
kneeling next to the small child he was giving mouth to mouth to. “I’ll take
over, go up top and check on Tommy, he sounds like he is freaking out up
there, let him know I’m here, please.”

Relieved, now that Aaron was here, Friedrich stood
quickly and ran to the stairs, “Tommy…Aaron just ported in and told me to
tell you,” he got out before reaching the top of the steps, trying to get
the message out to him as soon as possible.

Feeling an immense burden being lifted from his
shoulders, Tommy jumped up from the chair and rushed past Friedrich, taking
the steps two at a time to get to the cabin faster. Once on the cabin floor,
he rounded the corner only to see Aaron was nowhere around and the kids were
crying softly, some being held tight by the older ones muffling their sobs.
Standing there looking around, he turned his head towards Dustin when he
spoke up, “That guy just popped in out of thin air and knelt beside the
little one and next thing you know both of them were gone.”

Relieved, Tommy tried to smile reassuringly, “That was
Aaron, he teleported out with the little one back to the hospital to get him
there faster…do you know his name?”

Dustin shook his head sadly, “He never did say, we
found him in the woods last week, I thought he was doing better, now that he
was eating food again,” sounding like a scared ten year old, Dustin mumbled,
“I tried everything even gave him my food, he did eat some after I chewed it
for him…I tried…I tried…”

Moving slowly to Dustin’s side, Tommy reached over and
pulled him in tight, placing Dustin’s head on his shoulder and rocked back
and forth with him as he rubbed his back. Not even a minute later, the door
cycled open and medical staff rushed inside, each of them going to a
different person, all too quickly, the other two sick youngsters who were
not looking too good were scooped up and rushed off the plane to the waiting
bio-tubes.Most of the rescued
boys off the plane now, Tommy still rocking Dustin, noticed Aaron walking
back on board smiling at him; he frowned when he saw the sadness in his
eyes.

Dustin, turning his head towards the movement of
someone sitting down next to him, saw the man who appeared out of thin air
to take the young one, “Are you an angel,” he sounded like a six year old
now, as he stared at Aaron with big eyes, “is the little one in heaven now,
with the angels?”

Smiling sadly, Aaron nodded his head, “Yes little one,
he is with the angels now.” He said softly, as he placed the palmed sensor
on the boy’s temple as he moved the dirty hair out of his eyes and activated
it sending the teen to sleep. Catching the slumped teen, Aaron motioned for
Theo and his team to take him, once the teen was out of Tommy’s arms, Aaron
pulled him into his lap and held him close, offering whatever comfort he
could as he sent love and comfort to him.

After a few minutes, Aaron finally spoke, “There was
nothing we could do, with all our technology and skills, there are still
some that we can never help…” pulling Tommy around so he could look him in
the eyes, eyes that were crying silent tears, “believe me in this, Tommy,
even if we had got to him before you left Hawaii, he would not have made it,
it was too late before you even laid eyes on him.” Seeing that he believed
him, he pulled Tommy back into the embrace.

A few quiet minutes later, Tommy wiggled free and stood
up facing Friedrich, “I want his guardians found, parents or otherwise,
according to Dustin, he was found deep in the woods last week, so that means
someone dumped him there. I want them standing before me so they can explain
why. The person responsible better pray for mercy because they are not
getting any from me.”

Friedrich nodded vigorously as he took a step
backwards, what was it about the guys in this Clan that made them so
formidable to scare the crap out of even him, he thought, and this one isn’t
even altered yet. “Right away, young Sir, I’ll get a team on it as soon as I
get back to the office,” he got out before rushing off the plane, eager to
be away from those merciless eyes.

“I know this is not the way to end what must have been
an incredible day for you, one that you had a lot of fun trying to outsmart
me,” Aaron grinned as he came behind Tommy and wrapped his arms around him.
“There is no shame in tears, and there is no shame in feeling bad about not
feeling worse about the loss of one so young, one you did not know, but for
a few blinks of time.”

Feeling Tommy melt into his embrace, Aaron skimmed his
surface thoughts as the rest of the clan started to cross the gantry after
porting in, “I am truly proud of you, Tommy, you did what was right, I am
just sorry that the little one was lost. But he is what we are fighting for,
you can wallow in pity or anger and let this eat you alive, or you can take
it to heart that you did the best you could and know that you will see
justice done.” Aaron pointed to the Clan assembled in front of them, looking
worried for him, “know we love you with all our hearts and even if you never
step foot out of the kingdom ever again, you will always be an important
part of the Clan and important part of our hearts.”

Tommy looked up at Aaron bending over into his chest to
do so, “I know, I was beating myself up for being sad he died and then for
not being as sad as I thought I should be, it will take a little bit, but I
will be fine, I’ll take the quiet time unloading and unpacking all the
orchids and putting them in the greenhouse to think about things, I promise
I won’t brood or go dark.”

Mark, worried about his friend, walked over and hugged
Tommy and whispered in his ear, “So how did your plan to visit the other
nurseries work out.”

Choking out a laugh, Tommy moved out of Aaron's arms so
he could point an accusing finger at him, “It was going grand, I had it all
planned out, but this one…” Tommy pointed, “This sneaky person had to go and
give a letter to the pilot with secret instructions in it, saying that he
had already deposited money at each of the farms he set up appointments for
me to visit. So of course, all my carefully laid out time tables went down
the toilet,” making a motion of pushing down a lever, “flushed with my ideas
of taking a quick walk around and buying plants and grabbing a catalog for
further study and ordering.”

Giggling, Tommy grinned, “Even with the new
restrictions and all the curves, I still managed to sneak out an extra forty
minutes, you can send the two planes for the order on Monday; it should be
ready by then.”

Aaron, who had been walking with the others down the
gantry so they could get the cargo ported out, stopped and turned to face
Tommy, “Two…two planes. How much did you buy…I take it back; I don’t want to
know,” he laughed before grinning, “but you will have to be the one to
explain to Chris that he is going to Hawaii on Monday with the Prince, to
pick up a cargo.”

Seeing the glint in Tommy’s eyes, Aaron looked at him,
“And no internet all weekend either,” before breaking down laughing and
pulling him into a hug that ended up with Tommy’s hair all messed up.

Finally getting around to the cargo hatch where John
and the ground crew were busy unloading boxes, Aaron was slightly stunned at
the sheer number of boxes being unloaded. Walking over to one stack, he
pulled open the top and peaked inside, there was one large blooming plant
and several smaller pots with younger, not fully mature specimens inside.
“Well, it seems I was successful, when you log into the terminal in the
greenhouse, you’ll see an icon for an orchid program that will help you
catalog and keep track of your plants, I set you up in the greenhouse next
to mine, it’s the one I used to grow starts for the flowers around the
island. Mine is all set up so I can check on it once week everything is
automated, not that there is a lot of stuff in there right now, in fact, it
is almost all empty as I moved everything to the Clan Hall where I can enjoy
it. Get things settled into the greenhouse and then if you want to move it
the Clan hall, I’ll build you a greenhouse there instead of topside.”

Aaron, the only one knowing where the greenhouses were,
ported the boxes to the quarantine greenhouse and started the elimination
sequence, before he started to move away so he could check on the rescued
boys, when he smiled at hearing John tell the flight crew that the plane was
to be grounded until they checked to make sure it had not been stressed with
the red lining of the systems he had done to it by landing so fast.

Kissing Tommy, Aaron waved Kevin over, “Kevin, let me give you the
visualization of the greenhouse; I’m going to briefly check in with the
hospital staff before coming back home, so if you don’t mind taking Tommy
over so he can get started unloading. Tommy, the boxes are in the quarantine
house and just make sure the red light is off and the green one is one
before going inside, this will make sure nothing hitched a ride along with
the plants.”

What was becoming his daily leave taking routine, the
members of the Clan here right now lined up to receive their kiss before he left them for awhile.
Finally
smirking near the end, he noticed Richard in line smiling shyly back at him,
pulling him close, he kissed him just the same as everyone else, though he
did do it a bit longer, to leave poor Richard with a tent he had to hide,
“That will keep you, for a while at least,” he chuckled before moving
towards the hospital as the Clan broke into groups behind him and started
porting back home.

Walking into the trauma pod, he was a bit surprised to
find all eleven boys in the bio-tubes, even the ones who had walked off the
plane were floating, while the teams worked around the consoles, “Well, this
is a slight surprise.”

Theo, hearing Aaron’s voice, glanced over his shoulder
grinning, “It is, isn’t it,” frowning he nodded to his resident to finish
running the detailed scans so he could talk to Aaron, “we did place the
older ones who did not seem to be as sick on the bio-beds at first, but when
the report gave us the option of four days being treated on the bio-bed or one
day treatment in a bio-tube…” stopping, near Aaron where the other
physicians could hear, “well, they are children, even a young one can be
hard to handle on total bed rest, so this seemed less stressful on them and
us, to tell the truth.” He handed Aaron the compiled reports on his P.A.D.D.

Giving it a quick glance, Aaron noticed the findings
before handing it back, spotting Colin by the desk, he motioned for him to
join them, “Colin, patient number eleven is Dustin, or at least his first
name is. Once he is released, it is crucial that you are here to be the
first thing he sees when he wakes…physically, he is around sixteen, but by the
time I got to him on the plane he had mentally regressed from the thinking
of a ten year old to a six year old. And I really don’t think he was
operating at a ten year olds level to keep all these kids safe and mostly
fed. I think the stress of losing the little one was too much for him, so if
you need a telepath to help out let me know and I will see that one comes
over right away.”

“Which leads me to a question that might seem improper
at first, but does have a purpose. How many of the residents are both gay
and twenty six or under?” Aaron watched their faces before he added a little
information, “don’t count Carl or Gordon as the process has been run on both
of them, but just to let you know that there is a slim chance, that is, if
the gene structure has not finalized to alter someone just enough so they
can access telepathy and the other two major gifts all Alteran’s have. The
younger they are the easier it is, and the greater success rate, I will not
even consider it if the simulations does not give me a ninety five percent
success rate, it’s not worth the possible trouble otherwise, and our gifts
are linked to the gay genes so I am sorry to say being straight it would not
be possible to awaken the genes to bring out the gifts.”

Theo being old and set in his ways was not as jealous
as some would be, “Two, maybe three of the medical residents are the right
age, though knowing about this, next year it will be easier to choose fourth
years and residents when the cycle starts, how about your guys Colin, none
of them made it yet, or did you not even bring any residents with you?”

Colin sighed it would be a true dream of mind healers
everywhere, to be able to link up with their patients to help them, “I never
gave it a thought about bringing residents or fourth years with me, I wanted
to get a handle on the facility and expected patient load before even
considering bringing in others.”

“Makes sense in a way. If you'll excuse me, I am going
to hunt down a couple of people to discreetly feel them out,” Theo started
to walk away, but Aaron stopped him.

“Theo, just so you know, we will be doing our
physicians rounds after lunch and I will be playing devil’s advocate. I
agree with what you have done and in your place would have made the same decisions of placing all
the kids in the bio-tubes, but tomorrow, it will seem otherwise.” Aaron
warned him and chuckled at his frown and nod, placing his hand on Colin’s
arm he nodded to the door, “Have a minute, let’s have a word out of
earshot.”

Puzzled but truthfully not having much to do other than
learn how to operate the bio-tubes, unlike the residents he had no patients
yet, Colin followed
Aaron to the end of the docks where he leaned up against the pier. Confused
once more, as Aaron pointed his scanner at him, he waited.

“I think I might be overstepping a little here, but I
promise it is not without reason, I picked up on your disappointment inside
at being too old to be altered, and have a question or two as I run a DNA
panel and simulation on you…I don’t want to get your hopes up though.” Aaron
said, as he watched the scanner checking clusters, four of which had turned
green.

Colin sighed, “Am I gay is probably one of them, and to
tell you the truth, I don’t know, I have put everything into my carrier and
never gave it a thought, not really. I don’t do casual and have never met
anyone of either sex that clicked.”

Aaron nodded that he was listening as the sixth cluster
turned green.

“I would like to think that I’m me, not gay or straight
or even BI, I’m me and that is enough for now. Though now that I have made
it to the top of my field, it can be pretty lonely when I go home, I think that is why I jumped at
the chance to join the team here.” Colin finished, as Aaron smiled at the
scanner. “I also try to think I am a pretty good reader of someone’s body
language and you are pretty pleased, which means that I am genetically gay
and that means something to you.”

Nodding his head and grinning, Aaron was about to put
the scanner away before he thought better of it and quickly entered some
personal information in it, “What are you supposed to be doing for the next
two days, anything that you will be missed for?”

Suspicious as Aaron had the same look his proctors did
while as a resident, Colin slowly thought about it before sighing, “Now that
the last of the patients have gone, nothing until Dustin is released…why?”

“Because I am going to offer you something that the
others would give anything to have, the chance to become Alteran, your
genetic profile was eight for eight on the gene clusters and the simulation
read out ninety nine percent success if we alter you,” Aaron grinned as he pocketed his scanner.

Friedrich walked up after spending some time in Kyle’s
office, starting the search that Tommy ordered, he had completed his task
and was hoping for a ride back to Altare so he could give some more thought
to finding Mr. forever instead of Mr. Right now. Raising an eyebrow at the
back of the man talking to Aaron he smiled when he felt the level of
excitement rolling outwards from the man’s mind, smirking, he thought he
held it in well.

“I accept, of course,” Colin said calmly, a lot calmer
than his mind, which had a small miniature version of himself jumping up in
down in joy.

Laughing, Aaron noticed Friedrich calmly waiting, “Well
let’s do this; I’m going to push back Dustin’s release to Saturday, you will
have been released by then if we get started now and then you can start
working on getting the mind healers' guild up to strength.”

Colin laughed, “Oh gamer much, I get to head my own
guild hall now, well then, I must not let the future guild members down.”
Chuckling, he turned his body, still focused on Aaron, “just let me make a
few people aware I’ll be gone for a couple of days and I’ll be ready.”

Laughing, Colin turned, and sensing movement and seeing a
hand, he acted automatically, he had Friedrich face down on the ground with his
arm behind his back before he blinked. Staring at the body he had just
slammed into the ground he let go and backed away red faced,
“Sorry about that…” Colin blushed, as Friedrich rolled over and stared up at
the first person to ever take him down, while Colin locked his eyes with the
most gorgeous guy he had ever seen.

The only thing holding him upright as he laughed, was
the pier post, Aaron shook his head and thought that solves two problems.
Sneaking around the two staring oblivious men, he went back to the trauma
pod and made a few notations in Dustin’s treatment plan, including a note
not to release him without his permission so that a trained telepath could
be present. Finding Theo bouncing around excitedly in the hall, Aaron
wondered if Colin did have the time to take off for sure before he tasted
Theo’s surface thoughts and grinned. “Hey Theo, just so someone knows, Colin
will be off the island for two days, he’s going to go on his honeymoon with
my head of security.”

Theo stopped in mid bounce and looked back at Aaron,
“Colin…our Colin? As far as I knew he was not seeing anyone, including your
head of security.” He looked at Aaron as if he was speaking of someone he
did not know.

“Come here and look,” Aaron laughed, as he motioned to
the door.

Rushing over Theo gazed out at the two men, one on the
ground and Colin standing still looking down, none of them moving, “Oh my,
how long have they been doing that?”

Laughing, Aaron finally got some semblance of control,
“I left them that way five minutes ago.”

“Two days you say, just enough time for me to make
arrangements,” Theo giggled at the fun he was planning on having.

“Later Theo, I have two budding love birds to strip and
lock in a closet,” Aaron chuckled as he walked out so he could port the
three of them to the med bay. Reaching the unmoving men, he grabbed hold of
them and ported them to the trauma pod at the main med bay, interrupting
Carl and Gordon who were talking about the release of the next fifty
recruits.

“Aaron, is there something wrong?” Carl asked, as they
heard a noise and looked up to see Aaron port in with one person standing
the other on the floor.

“Yeah, it’s called lust at first sight, want to help me
get Colin here stripped and into the bio-tube then set it up to resequence
him to be Alteran, while I give my bodyguard a cold shower,” Aaron laughed,
as the two broke their communion. “Some guard he turns out to be the first
pretty face to give him a smack down and he is off to la la land.”

Laughing at the glare he was getting from Friedrich,
Aaron ignored the glare and joked,
“Truth hurts, doesn’t it, I think this is the part where the two of you are
supposed to kiss. Though, to tell you the truth, if you are not quick about
it, we will have your future lover stripped and in the bio-tube before you
get your ass off the floor.”

Jumping up, Friedrich, nervous as a school girl on prom
night, reached out hesitantly to cup Colin’s chin, not getting any more
violence and still standing, he smiled at him shyly before leaning in and
kissing him gently, tentative at first before Colin reached around and
pulled him in tight.

After a minute or two, they broke for air and Aaron
chuckled, “Gordon, do me a favor take Friedrich to the Clan Hall so he can
get a cold shower or marry his fist a couple of times while I get young Dr.
Fairhurst here in the bio-tube, will you?” smiling at Gordon who was
laughing from the safety of the opposite side of the desk when he nodded his
head in agreement, Aaron led the glazed eyed shrink into the next pod.

Stopping next to the far pod from the door, Aaron let
go of Colin’s arm and started the prep cycle so the bio-tube was brought out
of hibernations, once it was active he nudged Colin, “You need to get out of
your clothes you know, there is a shelf underneath where you can place them
until your release.”

Blushing, Colin started to remove his shirt and hoped
his erection would go away before he was fully stripped, though with how
confined and painful it was, there was no hope in hell of that happening.
Kicking off his shoes, and surprisingly sockless, he unbuttoned his pants
and let them slide down his legs as he freed the hard cock and not having
much experience with gently releasing it from his shorts his whole body
turned red when the sound of a thwack was very loud as it hit his belly.

Aaron, taking a little pity on the young man when he
realized this must be killing him as he read his surface thoughts, a total
virgin in all ways, “Trust me Colin, this as you know, is normal and nothing
to be embarrassed about, one of the things you will find, living on the main
island, is that when on Altare, we are all pretty much nudists, so we
acknowledge a nice body and awesome package and move on. I will warn you
that no matter how embarrassed and horny you are now, it is nowhere near how
horny you will be when you are released. Climb up,” Aaron told him, as he
moved the cart over with his equipment on it, “I’m going easy on you because
I think it is more difficult for you right now and joking around would not
help you any.”

Aaron smiled as Colin hopped up on the ledge to the
bio-tube and swung his legs into the tube before lying down, “You truly have
nothing to be ashamed of, size wise or otherwise, with your body…now you are
going to have almost an animalistic need to have sex when you get out of the
bio-tube, so my question is, do you want Friedrich to be here and help you
out, or do you want me to help out so I can control what happens and you can
explore your first time together without the need in the way?”

Colin, a deeper red now, squeaked out, “Both, keeping
us from going too far the first time if you don’t mind,” god he was so
embarrassed, he finally knew what some of his patients were feeling when he
talked to them about sex and their bodies, now.

“I can do that, I’ll stay with the two of you and make
sure it does not go past oral then, until you settle down, before I forget…”
Aaron applied the sterilizing gel to Colin’s head, chest and elbow, “take a
good look at that hard bad boy between your legs, it’s the last time it will
look like that, you’ll end up with your foreskin back after the process is
complete,” reaching over and picking up the very hard and taught cock,
ignoring the indrawn breath he felt the curve and the scar tissue before
placing it gently back on Colin’s belly. “Sorry about that, but you will
lose most of the curve which I think will make things a little easier on
you, you have quite a bit of scar tissue built up there causing the curve.
So once that is fixed, I think you will have a gentle very mild curve which
should make ejaculation more forceful and easier on your body.”

Pleased, Colin forgot his embarrassment and stroked his
hard cock for a minute to see if he could feel the scar tissue Aaron was
talking about, “Really, I guess I never gave it much thought, I always knew
of course I had a severe curve, but never the cause.”

Placing a finger on the underside of Colin’s erection
near the circumcision scar, “Feel here, feel how the bend starts right at
your circumcision scar, now, feel the side of the scar by pressing in and
moving the skin up and down as you stroke, can you feel the ridge under the
skin?”

“Yes…” Colin stuttered, as he stroked gently before the
overwhelming need to get off got any closer.

“Go ahead and cum, Colin, it won’t make a difference in
the long run, other than to relieve some of the pressure you’re feeling
right now,” Aaron leaned over and whispered, “besides no one else is here
but the two of us.”

Not caring any longer, Colin picked up the pace as he
felt Aaron’s touch when he placed the sensors, but when he felt Aaron's hand
brush his balls he looked up to see a clear tube dripping with lube heading
towards his rear, when he felt the tube gently inserted into his rear he all
but lost it, and he did lose it as he felt the tube rub that certain spot
inside him.

Panting and practically folding in the middle towards
his crotch, Colin had one of the best orgasms of his young life. Lying back,
he had to wonder why he took so long discovering this fantastic feeling.Smiling shyly, he glanced over at Aaron, “Embarrassing or not that
was the best orgasm ever.”

“Like I said before, once the procedure removes the
scar tissue, I expect your volleys will hit you in your face,” Aaron pointed
down at the puddle that had oozed out of Colin’s erection, returning the
grin that Colin was sending his way, Aaron reached for the soma unit to
activate it, “Friedrich and I will see you in two days, have pleasant
dreams,” he told him, before flipping the unit on. Quickly Intubating him,
he waited for the tube to seal before pulling up Colin’s genetic profile,
double checking and changing a few minor things to make it easier for Colin
to fully function sexually, including bringing his sex hormones back to
within the normal range Aaron locked the changes in and started the cycle.

“You will make Friedrich very happy, Colin,” Aaron gave
him one last glance before walking out of the pod.

Later on that night, after having an enjoyable relaxing
dinner with all of his lovers, each of them found time to just reach out and
touch Tommy, to reassure him that they were there for him if he needed them,
but not pushing him, Aaron decided
to head to bed early, he was going to maybe grab a book and read before
turning in, so far it looked like the nightly pair offs were a little
different, Kenny had taken charge of Pat and Doug and after they cleaned up
their places, they headed off back to their rooms, to either play a video
game or with each other more than likely both. Surprise of the night was
Damien and Richard hand in hand walking towards the recreation area, both of
their pointers leading the way; he just hoped that Damien held to his order
of nothing other than oral with Richard, until his mind had a chance to
settle down after a good rest.

David, Derrick and Fred followed Mark back to his
rooms, and he expected that they would be having fun quickly as Fred led
Derrick by his hard cock out of the kitchen all the way back. Grinning as
Tim was massaging Tommy’s shoulders as he whispered in his ear he figured
those two would be doing something shortly. Walking past his office, he
thought that left Pete, Kevin and Brian though now that he thought about it,
didn’t Pete leave early, saying something about finishing an experiment
before he could join in the fun, shrugging, Aaron wondered who would end up
in his bed later on, ever since they became lovers, they all took turns
making sure he never slept alone, and more often than not, the partners
switched in the morning so he had some type of sex with all of them in a
twenty for hour period and they with him.

Walking into his bedroom, the first thing he noticed
was the new bottle of lube on his nightstand, the other was getting low but
he had enough he thought, someone must be planning something tonight he
chuckled. Walking past his bed, he went into the bathroom and turned on the
shower before hitting the closet toilet to use the hose to clean himself
out, he had gotten in the habit like the rest of them of morning and nightly
cleanings. Finished, he went back to the bathroom for a nice hot relaxing
shower, letting the surround water jets relax his tired body.

Standing there with the hot water washing away his day,
Aaron had to admit he was one very lucky guy, all the bullshit of being a
King aside, he had nine committed lovers who did their best to share their
love with him as he shared his with them. By now, the shower was filled with
steam and it was hard to see through the steam so when he felt the cold
draft from the door opening and glancing behind him Aaron did not see anyone
but he felt a hand touch his back. Not sensing another telepath, and judging
by the hand's size, he assumed it was Tommy, turning around and pulling him
close Aaron knew right away it was not Tommy.

Hand grasping his hard cock Aaron had two choices of
who it could be, and reaching down to reciprocate, he found a cut and very
stiff slender five inches or so, “Brian…what…are you very sure about this,
is this what you want truly?”

Fascinated by what he was holding in his hands, he
played around with the foreskin covering the hard head before in a husky
voice answering, as he stood on his toes to kiss Aaron, “Yes…” releasing the
kiss and smiling through the steam, “yes I know what I want and I talked
with everyone and they are giving us this time for me to be alone with you…
I want this…” Brian stroked Aaron several times, “inside me, you will be my
first.”

Now he knew why there was a fresh bottle of lube on his
night table, smiling, Aaron leaned over and gently kissed Brian, ever so
slowly tasting his lips and rolling them between his own before letting his
tongue examine Brian’s teeth before going deeper into his mouth exploring
every inch of the inside of Brian’s mouth. Reaching over and touching the
controls Aaron activated the drying cycle, if Brian was sure of this it was
time to move to the bedroom where the lube was waiting for them.Smiling as the air started its cyclone action around them Aaron moved
away slightly so the front of their bodies could be dried, once dried, Aaron
pulled Brian close once more before letting his hands run down Brian’s back
until he cupped each ass cheek gently, all the while going back to explore
Brian’s mouth.

Moving his body to one side, stopping Brian’s thrusting
into his legs, Aaron reached around and scooped Brian up and bouncing him
once or twice to settle him in his arms he laughed at Brian’s giggle before
backing out of the shower stall. Aaron
slowly walked into the bedroom, stealing kisses the whole way, before gently
laying Brian on the top of the bed. Capturing Brian’s lips and gently
kissing him as his hands roamed up and down Brian’s arching body, touching
the hard cock between Brian’s legs, he felt it start to swell and using his
free hand to create a cup he stroked it while kissing Brian as he climaxed.
Milking the very last drops from the still hard cock Aaron released Brian’s
lips and moved away just enough that the panting teen could watch him bring
up his offering towards his lips where he eagerly licked his hand clean
before leaning back over and sharing the last taste with him.

Looking deep into Brian’s eyes, Aaron wanted to make
sure this was something he still wanted before smiling and reaching for the
bottle of lube, unsnapping the lid, he smiled at the eager expression on
Brian’s face when he heard the snap.

Brian, hearing the snap of the bottle of lube he had
brought in earlier, smiled and lifted his legs up slightly as he moved them
a little further apart so Aaron would have better access, not really knowing
what to expect, he was surprised that a finger back there felt so good, and
Aaron had not even put his finger inside him yet. Feeling a slight pressure
he did what Kevin had whispered to him earlier, he pushed out like he had to
go to the bathroom and was rewarded when he felt the finger slip inside him.

Watching closely for any sign of discomfort as Aaron
slid the first finger inside Brian, and not taking his eye off Brian’s face,
he slowly moved his mouth down and licked the hard shaft between Brian’s
legs before reaching the tip and sucking it into his mouth, making sure to
use his tongue around the tip of the head so he could get any lingering
droplets from Brian’s first climax.

Brian threw his head back and moaned out as the
pleasure of having someone suck on him for the first time hit him, the warm
wet mouth was doing things to him while at the same time the two fingers
inside him moving in and out was causing pleasure from the other end as
well, it was all he could do to hiss out, “Oh, don’t stop, whatever you do
don’t stop.”

Moving off Brian’s hard cock after he found his prostate,
Aaron secretly grinned as Brian arched his back and screamed out,
“Oh…oh…yes…good...” leaning over, Aaron licked up the small spurt of pre-cum
before licking the tip of Brian’s hard shaft one more time as he inserted
the third finger into Brian’s virgin hole, slowly stretching his fingers
apart as he moved them in and out. Standing back up and keeping his fingers
moving, Aaron reached over for the lube once more. Brian, seeing what Aaron
was doing, smiled in anticipation and pulled his legs up and held them with
his hands.

Squirting some lube on the end of his cock, Aaron
climbed up onto the bed and positioned himself and in one flawless move,
replaced his fingers with the head of his hard cock and when he felt the
head pass the muscle guarding Brian’s sphincter, he waited, looking to see
if Brian was having any discomfort. Not seeing any, Aaron started to slowly
move in and out of Brian’s moaning body, each time he pushed in, he went
deeper, always watching Brian’s face for the first sign of pain. Seeing and
sensing nothing but pleasure, Aaron moved a little closer until he was soon
all the way inside Brian and moving in and out slowly, causing the teen
incredible pleasure.

Brian, seeing the tip of his cock, inches from his face
leaned up and stretching, was able to get the end in his mouth, running his
tongue around the tip of his cock, he shivered in delight as he received
sensations from both ends, the hard cock inside him rubbing up and down past
his prostate and his own mouth on the end of his hard cock.

Watching Brian take the end of his cock in his own
mouth drove Aaron crazy, picking up the pace, he was not far off from
exploding, the fact that he was the first in most everything sexual with
Brian, coupled with the visual stimulus of the teen sucking himself off,
sent him over the edge, groaning out, Aaron started rapid firing his seed
deep into Brian.

Feeling something inside him swelling, putting more
pressure on that wonderful spot inside him, sent Brian over the edge, it was
all he could do not to release the end of his cock as he shot his cum into
his own mouth, swallowing the first volley out of instinct, he let the rest
pool in his mouth, and after finishing and lying back and letting his legs
go, he opened his mouth so Aaron could see the prize he had saved for them
to enjoy together.

Aaron slowly opened his eyes to see Brian lying back
and open his mouth, a mouth full of his sweet offering, pulling out only
enough to be able to lean over, he accepted the gracious offering, doing his
best to suck every drop out of the willing mouth.

Now that the need was not so great, Aaron picked up one
of Brian’s legs so he could maneuver around while staying inside Brian,
letting the leg back down as he sank to the bed behind Brian, still inside,
spooning him from behind, Aaron let his hands wander Brian’s body as he
moved in and out enough to stay hard.

“That was incredible.” Brian whispered as he ran his
hands along with Aaron's over his body, slowly rocking his hips back and
forth in time to Aaron’s small gentle thrusts, enjoying the movement as he
came off his high and felt the stirrings of another round building. Reaching
for his own hard cock that was starting to throb once more, Brian sighed in
frustration when his hands were intercepted by Aaron.

“Oh no you don’t; you need to save that next load for
when you are inside me,” Aaron whispered, as he started to move in and out
at a faster pace, once more sending pleasurable signals to Brian’s brain.
Nibbling on Brian’s ear, Aaron whispered, “I am going to get you all hot and
ready, and after Cumming one more time, it will be your turn to put this,”
Aaron let his finger brush very gently over the hard cock on the other side
of his moving body, “inside me and plant your own offering.”

Intertwining his fingers with Brian’s, Aaron used their
combined hands to roam around Brian’s body, stimulating everything in reach
except the one part that so wanted to be stimulated and was thrusting into
the air hoping to brush against anything that would help relieve some of the
building pressure. Feeling the climax building once more, Aaron increased
his pace, not intent on making it last, “I’m so close…I’m Cumming…” he
whispered in Brian’s ear, as he felt his balls unload once more,
unfortunately way to soon, but Aaron did not think Brian could wait much
longer before he too unloaded.

Releasing one of Brian’s hands only to have it captured
by his other, Aaron reached behind him for the bottle of lube, once finding
it he squirted some onto his fingers and slipped his hand around behind him
and started to work the lube into his own hole, once he felt slick enough he
took his lubed up hand to Brian’s hard cock and very carefully lubed it up,
not touching it any longer than he had to so he did not cause any premature
explosions. Slowly sliding the rest of the way out of Brian, he rolled him
on his back as he captured Brian’s lips in a kiss while he crawled over the
teen's body, once above him, Aaron reached back and slowly picked up and
bent upright the very hard cock that was not very willing to move much and
when it was in position, he slowly sank down on it.

Brian felt this incredible warmth near the head of his
cock and as soon as he felt this popping sensation, he came, violently
bucking his way deeper inside with each shot, fully inside Aaron, he
panicked slightly before being embarrassed, “I’m sorry I couldn’t mmph…”

Aaron silenced Brian by capturing his lips, “I knew
that could happen, now you can make it last this next time,” he smiled down
at Brian as he hooked his legs under Brian’s butt and rolled backwards, so
he was lying on his back and Brian was kneeling while still inside him,
pushing back slightly and scooting away before repeating the motion, Aaron
smiled, “Now slow and steady in and out until you build up some speed when
you feel like it.”

Grinning, Brian repositioned himself so he was more
comfortable and followed orders, slowly thrusting in and out, eyes closed
relishing the incredible feeling he was experiencing as his hard cock was
wrapped inside that warm tight tunnel. All too soon, the only sounds were
the rapid slapping of flesh as Brian let his body take over and he thrust in
and out, his ball sack meeting Aaron's ass cheeks, sweat dripping off his
face, Brian was oblivious to anything going on around him when Richard and
Damien walked into the room, stopping near the bed, eyes wide as they
watched what was happening. “I’m…I’m…I’m Cumming,” Brian panted out, as he
jerkily thrust inside Aaron. Finished and not moving, Brian enjoyed the
climax as he stayed inside Aaron, too tired to move at the moment.

Legs moving around behind Brian’s butt to keep him
inside, Aaron turned his head to the side and motioned the two watchers
closer, pulling Damien over as he was not as hesitant to approach as
Richard, Aaron kissed him deeply as he reached over for the hard pointer
poking the mattress and gently rearranged it for him, so it was lying flush
against the side of the bed.
“Hello you two; what brings both of you here? As if I didn’t know,” Aaron
smiled, as Richard made it within reach and he snagged him and pulled him
over to the bed for a kiss.

Crawling up in to the bed and Kissing Brian on the way
past to the other side, Damien smiled as he let his hand circle Aaron’s
nipple, “Richard is not all that much longer than I am and I wanted to ask
you if we could go all the way.”

Glancing at Richard, he wanted to laugh, but held back
as he knew how fragile the teen probably felt, especially seeing that he was
being chosen because of his lack of size, yet still able to cum. Feeling
Brian slip out of him, Aaron reached up and pulled him down on top of him so
he could whisper in his ear, “Let's help these guys out, get the lube and
loosen Damien up, would you,” Aaron ended the whispered question by kissing
him long and passionately as he reached over and felt Richard’s hard cock
with his hand, knowing that he had already made the rounds with his cousins,
and Pete and Tim, he wasn't too worried about him not knowing what to do,
and the girth and length he was feeling, he did not think would cause Damien
any problems.

Grinning at finally being able to feel someone inside
him, Damien quickly turned over so he was on his knees butt in the air.
Brian, after getting a hold of the lube scooted so his legs were between
Aaron and pushed off the bed so he was kneeling once more, once on his
knees, he moved over Aaron's leg so that he was behind Damien and squirted
some lube out onto his fingers and pressed them against Damien’s tight hole
gently until a single finger pushed through. Remembering what Aaron had done
for him he slowly worked the finger in and out of Damien and when he felt
the hole loosen up slid the second one inside, he knew what he was doing was
being liked, by the moans of pleasure Damien was vocalizing.

Aaron, sitting up and pulling Richard into the bed with
them moved around so he could position Richard on his knees near Brian and
lubed him up, when the time came, he would control Richard entering Damien
for the first time, and once he was sure Damien did not have any problems,
he would back off so they could enjoy themselves.

Brian placed his hand next to Richard’s cock, fingers
extended so he could figure out how many he needed to use to stretch Damien
in preparation for Richard’s entry, deciding that the two he was using now
were enough, he moved to the side so Aaron could move Richard into position
and when he felt the tip of the hard cock touch his hand, he removed his
fingers as Aaron slid Richard’s cock in enough to pass the inner ring. Aaron
held Richard still by holding onto his hips and keeping the hand he used to
guide Richard in between the two of them, “Slowly Richard, slowly in and
out, and each time I’ll let you go further in,” Aaron whispered in Richard’s
ear as he nibbled on it before kissing his neck. Several minutes later, only
having to slow Richard down once, Aaron removed his hand and reached around
the couple to pull Brian over, once he was in his arms, he moved them so
they could lie down and watch them, spooning into Brian’s body from behind,
arm across Brian’s chest as they enjoyed each other’s company, and watched
the other two have their fun.

Half an hour later, Kevin walked into the room and
smiled as he saw Aaron and Brian spooned together along with the sleeping
couple, Damien finally got his wish he thought, as he moved closer and saw
Richard asleep but still inside Damien. Having relieved his sexual need with
Mark earlier, he pulled the covers up over Damien and Richard before going
to the other side of the bed and pulling them up over the sleeping Brian and
Aaron, the last thing he did as he climbed into the big bed to snuggle up
spooning into Aaron was to use a bit of kinesis to turn off the lights as he
pulled the covers up over him and lay down to sleep.

The next morning, all five of them were rudely awakened
by a brilliant light show complete with sparkles and the seeming beaming in
of Pete, the resident evil SCIFI nut who was giggling.

Aaron opened an eye and looked over at Pete and
frowned, as he saw it was five minutes until five, he had a whole whopping
five minutes of sleep before he had to be awake, “I need a shower, after
that, and I feel more human, we will talk about whatever invention you’ve
come up with now,” Aaron groaned, as he slipped out of the tangle of arms
and legs, throwing a tired smile towards Pete, “your punishment, for waking
me early, is to wash my a back.”

Pete ducked and picked up his light show gadget and ran
to place it on Aaron’s desk top then rushed to the showers to take his
punishment with a grin on his face.

Walking into the steam filled shower stall, Pete picked
up the soap, “Sorry, I thought you would be awake; I perfected my light show
last night before bed and I guess I was a little too excited, I should have
checked to see if your were awake first.”

Turning around, Aaron pulled Pete into a hug and kissed
him before looking him in the eye, “Other than a glaring wakeup call, what's a light show, and why did you build it?” he smiled so Pete would know he
was not mad.

Grinning, Pete hopped in excitement for a second, “I
was thinking that the longer we kept our gifts hidden the better off we
would be in the long run. We already let out that we have telepaths, which
could make us targets, if they knew we were kinetics and teleports on top of
that, we defiantly would be targets.”

“So that’s what you were building last night, something
to disguise how we teleport,” Kevin yawned as he entered the steam filled
shower, “if you’re doing backs as punishment, you owe me,” he giggled as he
walked around Aaron and gave him his good morning kiss before moving
backwards towards Pete.

“Yep…” Pete lathered up his hands and started to soap
up Kevin’s back, “I made two versions, one which we can install in a floor
grid for cargo transport, and the other that can be worn and when triggered
a small micro wire drops from the device to start the light show between a
person’s legs.”

Moving so he could lather up the front of Aaron, Pete
smiled, “The device can be triggered with a brush of kinesis and from what I
watched during testing in the mirror, it carries along the light show when
you leave to the point you arrive. The battery is good for a hundred ports
before needing to be recharged; I just need to come up with a smokescreen
for kinesis…oh…” Pete trailed off as Kevin knelt down and took him in his
mouth, after all, the shower was a no work zone.

Chuckling at the unique way Kevin had come up with to
deter any further work related discussion, Aaron reached over, turned the
water off and started the drying cycle, halfway through it, Pete stiffened
as he shot his load into Kevin’s waiting mouth, “Man that was wicked
intense, the air added to the whole feeling.”

Moving through the closet, Aaron stopped and grabbed a
polo shirt with the Clan crest on it and a pair of khaki’s along with his
deck shoes before entering the bedroom, only to find Brian was gone as well
as Damien and Richard. Shrugging, he followed Pete and Kevin out of his
bedroom into the common room where he found a clean but still wet Brian
along with similarly wet and clean Damien and Richard, “There’s where you
guys got off to.”

Brian smiled, “We decided to save some time by grabbing
a shower in one of the other rooms, everyone else has already gone topside
to the farms for morning chores.”

“Alrighty, well there are three of you and three of us
so who is riding whom,” Aaron smirked, as Damien jumped up and rushed to
grab hold of him, throwing his arms around Aaron’s neck for the ride and
good morning kiss. Brian shyly went to Kevin, as Aaron ported to the vet
barn.

Seeing the empty stalls, Aaron along with Damien went
outside and Damien, seeing Kenny, took off so he could start his chores and
let Kenny know he was successful and they could talk about the best way for
Kenny to join in and get off restriction.

Aaron of course picked up on Damien’s surface thoughts,
and considered letting Kenny do what he wanted as long as Richard was
willing and one of the other guys supervised and helped out, he would wait
until Kenny had the courage to ask, before letting him know he was willing
to allow it.

Spotting Mark, over by the pasture fence herding the
two cows with calves towards the rest of the herd, he looked back at Kenny
who was glaring daggers at the calves and chuckled as Richard and Pete came
up behind him. Placing a hand on Richard's shoulder to stop him, “Richard,
don’t forget that I am going to be taking you home, or at least back to the
palace and your grandmother, right after breakfast, so show up to the dining
room clothed, please,” seeing the downcast expression on his face, Aaron
tipped his chin up so he could kiss him, “don’t worry, you’ll see all of us
around noon on Friday and we will be spending the weekend,” swatting his ass
cheek playfully, which turned into a group swatting, causing Richard to jump
and giggle, he let him run over to the haulers so he could help out.

Turning to an expectant Pete who was holding a small
device, Aaron pointed to the other side of the barn, “Let’s go out front and
you can show me what you’ve built.”

Listening as Pete described what he tried to do and how
he eventually came up with the idea as they walked through the barn, Aaron
let his mind think about the possibilities, “Okay, let me see if I have this
correct, you would need to fine tune the device to an individual’s height,
so the wire would only go down so far so everyone that ported out looked
like they were beamed out, so the question I have is, how difficult is it to
adjust these for height?”

“It’s not so much as height above ground that needs to
be adjusted but the distance between the belt and the space between a
person’s legs, so for the most part, if you knew that distance you could
grab the right one, even if it was not yours. Tim being shorter than I am,
still has the same distance between belt line and opening between his legs
so we match.” Pete explained, as he put on the baling string he picked up in
the barn, for a belt to demonstrate. Touching a recessed button, the micro
wire slid out of the device and a very small glow at the tip showed where
the end was.

Examining the wire, Aaron nodded his head before
standing back up and moving away, “Okay, let’s see how this works then, you
told me you brush the device with kinesis and it goes off and then while it
is doing its light show, you port.”

Pete grinned, “Yep, I need to find a way to do away
with that part but so far I am not sure where to look to even begin to
outline the problem, watch close, I’m going to trigger it, I built in a half
second delay before it activates.”

Aaron watched as suddenly a cascading light started
around Tim’s middle and a light wave shimmered outwards, kind of like a
cross between a Star Trek transporter shimmer and a column of light, in a
flash, the light was gone and shimmering sparkles were on the other side of
the field which, as the light dissolved away, there stood Pete grinning and
waving. Rushing over, Aaron grabbed him and twirled him around in a circle
laughing and proud of his accomplishment.

“I have to say young Jedi, that it was a success, if I
didn’t know any better, what I saw would only lead me to one conclusion, a
mechanical means of transportation…well done…truly well done, Love,” Aaron
told him, as he pulled him in for a long kiss. Setting him back down on the
ground, Aaron grinned, “two things come to mind, one of which will probably
answer your search. The first is for your cargo pad can you change the light
show so it is half as long and only has half of the special effects?”

Grinning, Pete nodded, “Yep, I already thought of that
and programmed in no sparkles at the end and only half the duration.”

“That’s my genius, well, all of you are in your
respective fields, to tell the truth. Now for the icing on the cake, for you
at least, if you incorporate the sensors from the limiters, you can do away
with the whole kinetic aspect entirely, you would not have found the plans
or components for the limiters anywhere but a certain terminal inside the
Clan Hall, the one in the back of my library off the bedroom.” Aaron smiled,
thinking of the possibilities and how quickly he could get these into
production; depending on how complex it was he could retool one of the
motherboard and chip lines for a day or so and have them built and
stockpiled, yes, he thought, that would work.

Picking up on Aaron’s train of thoughts, Pete smiled, a
feeling of intense pride in a job well done and one that was appreciated, “I
built this with standard parts, so I don’t think there would be much
retooling necessary; all the lines already produce the components we just
need to build and encase them…well, add the limiter circuit, I can’t believe
I did not even think of using that, after all if it detects and stops
porting…”

Chuckling, Aaron agreed, “Once breakfast is over, go
into my library with your schematics and redesign the case for
solidification using the terminal hidden in the room behind the library. Go
to the corner farthest from both the bedroom and the common room and remove
the large red book; you’ll see a slot that will fit your medallion without
taking it off, once you insert it in the slot, a panel will open with the
words push here on it, you have to use kinesis to push or it will not open
the door.” Thinking about it for a moment, “Take Kevin with you, as he is
the only other one right now that has passed his ordeal, other than you and
Tommy, and Tommy has not been altered yet.”

Gauging Pete’s reaction, “All those designs and
futuristic weapons and what not you were looking for, way back when, well
those designs are locked into that terminal. Promise me that you will not,
without my permission, attempt to build any of the weapons you find in the
system, only if I have been killed and things are dire can you build them,
promise me.” Aaron looked at Pete intently.

Pete solemnly nodded before taking a big deep breath,
“I promise I will not build weapons unless you have been killed or things
are so dire and you are gone and that both Kevin and I agree they are
needed.”

Thinking about the added and changed condition, Aaron
smiled, “I can live with that, you’ll find all the plans for the starships
and bases there, so you have plenty to keep busy with anyway. Adjust the
prototype for me will you, that way when I take Richard home after
breakfast, I can give it its first official field trial.”

“You did real good; I’m proud of you, Pete, if you get
everything done schematics wise by the time I get back this afternoon, we’ll
set the automatics to building a bunch of these, maybe into belts with the
Clan crest on the buckles for our use and the Altare symbol on the others.”
Aaron looked at the time, “I need to get moving; I’ll see you guys at
breakfast,” he added one more kiss just because, before smiling and porting
over to the trauma hospital.

Rounding the corner, Aaron saw the five department
heads or the only full doctors around and waved them down, “Good, I found
all of you together, let’s hit the cafeteria and have a talk as I’ve been doing
some thinking.”

Entering the atrium, Aaron spotted John and Scott near
a corner table with breakfast and several P.A.D.D.’s laying about, “Good,
you guys are here, don’t go anywhere; we will be joining you for our first
official staff meeting.”

Grabbing some juice and a piece of sausage between two
slices of toast, Aaron sat down near John and Scott, “So how goes staffing?”

“Slowly, the biggest hurdle is, even though we are
getting plenty of applicants, we really don’t know the quality of their
cooking, the other thing until Kyle gets back tomorrow, we can narrow it
down but need to have him do backgrounds on the applicants, I want to make
sure they are what they say they are,” John looked at his brother with a
funny expression on his face, “You know, I never thought I would ever get to
use ‘they are’ like that in real life.”

Laughing, Aaron saw that the others were getting close,
“leave a note with the applications for Kyle to go through when he gets back
tomorrow, and plan on coming back with me so we can begin your procedures
today. That way, next week, when you go on a round of taste test trips and
meet the people, you will have a few advantages.” Seeing Scott about to
argue Aaron glared, “No arguments, this needs to be done quickly so you have
time to master your gifts.”

Sighing, Scott sat back and nodded unhappily, sensing
Aaron did not want to discuss this in front of the others.

Giving everyone a moment to start eating, Aaron
started, “I’ve been doing some research in genetic alterations available to
us, and made a slight discovery.While all of you are too old to go through the full alteration
process safely, I have come up with a process we can run you all through
that will be an advantage, especially for you, Theo.”

Seeing he had their interest, “What I propose to do is
to do a partial upgrade to each of you, including the residents. After all
of you have gone through the process, what it will do is to correct any
underlying health problems, clean out your arteries and so forth, in a
sense, it will give you, Theo, the insides of a thirty year old. I expect it
will extend your lives to around a hundred and twenty full active years.”

Aaron paused to take a bite of his sandwich and chew
it, “All the simulations agree that what will happen at the end of your life
cycle is one or two days at the most you will all of a sudden slow
down and painlessly age and succumb to the grim reaper at the end of your
time. Up until then, you will be healthy and spry, barring accidents of
course.”

Theo looked at Aaron awed, as he never gave it a
thought, “I never considered running us through the bio-tubes and scanners
for practice, preventative medicine at its best. When do you want to do
this?”

Dipping into the others' surface thoughts, Aaron
smiled, “Theo, you and Phil on Saturday and then on Monday you will relieve
the two who go with the Asclepius to Elswick tomorrow, to set up a temporary
hospital while the permanent one is being built, from there, Larry and
Miguel will return and take their turn and that leaves Gabriel for last,
well, chances are you will go through the process on Monday also.”

Finishing off his breakfast sandwich, Aaron looked at
John, “Not enough sage, close, but you need another ten percent, I think.”
Watching the snickering from Scott out of the corner of his eye, “if the
Asclepius leaves for England and docks at Elswick tomorrow as planned, and I
have been assured the runways are in excellent shape, you can expect to be
open for business by Saturday at the latest, meaning Altair Trauma will be
up and operating Sunday, at limited capacity,” Aaron looked at Scott to see
his wide eyes and nod that he understood. “It also means we will not be able
to hold off the outcry that will start to pour in, so expect to reach fifty
percent capacity on Thursday, which means after Tuesday, we need to cycle as
much of the staff through the new process.”

“Are you going to offer the upgrade or longevity
package to the general public?” Phil was curious and hoping he wasn’t.

“No…” Aaron shook his head, “only residents of our
kingdom that are either on the island or one of the many bases and hospitals
we will be building; the politicians and the average Joe off the street can do without.
The world has a population problem as is right now, even with Pete working
on dusting off plans for space travel and colonization, it will be a good long time before we are
ready to offer the average citizen the process.”

Aaron smiled at the relieved thoughts and emotions he
was receiving, “And lastly, speaking of staff, while we have a good core
staff that will move into management, most likely on the nursing side we
need more, also, use your contacts to scour the fourth years that I’m sure
will be applying along with residents. As Theo has told you, we do have a
way to offer them the full treatment if they are young enough, plus, instead
of opening one hospital, we are opening two. And while it may take some
pressure of off Altair Trauma, it does not take it off our staff as all the
equipment that is out of Kingdom will be DNA locked. If the worst would
happen once the cycle completes, those bio-tubes will self destruct before
being allowed to be reverse engineered, I have a feeling one country or
group will make the attempt, at least once.”

Seeing Gordon walk into the atrium looking directly at
them, Aaron paused, “Main Med Bay alright or do you need me back there,”
Aaron was trying to remember if they had any patients being treated.

“No you’re fine, it’s pretty empty there right now, no
Carl and I flipped, so I get to go with the Asclepius tomorrow, and we’ll
switch off weekly, I’m just here for the announcement and to answer any
questions the residents might have, once you break the news,” Gordon smiled
as he pointed to the wall clock, it was almost time for morning rounds.

“Unless you have any questions with what I’ve gone over
this morning?” Aaron waited for them all to give their negative, “then I
will join you in the auditorium in a few minutes, we’ll make assignments and
then I can get my ass in gear and back for breakfast before the Clan sends
out a search party,” he laughed.

Once everyone but Scott and John were gone, Aaron
turned to them, “There is another reason why the two of you need to be
altered at the same time, as you have a unique relationship, the process
leaves you extremely horny after completion. Without a friendly hand to help
out it has been known to take as many as seven or eight climaxes before you
settle down enough to even get dressed.” Grinning at Scott’s wide eyed
expression while John looked thoughtful, “besides, you had no way to know we
are going to open next week, and I need both of you through the process
before then, so you can be effective.”

“We understand,” John spoke for both of them as he
stared at his brother as if considering something.

“I’ll leave you two then to make arrangements and I’ll
see you in half an hour then.” Aaron told them as he stood and placed his
glass on the conveyor on his way out.

Entering the auditorium, Aaron made his way to the
front of the room and stood behind the empty podium, “First of all, let me
say this right off the bat…WELL DONE…all of you handled a total of four
hundred patients with practically no training whatsoever in the equipment we
use here on Altair, not to mention dealing with their families who came
along.” Aaron smiled as he waited for the applause to die down, “Now for the
news you have all been waiting for, let me put the rumors to rest; the
Asclepius will be setting sail tomorrow, destination Elswick England. He
will sail into port around noon and be stationed there until the new
hospital is built, meaning for all intents and purposes, we open for
business Saturday and this Trauma center officially opens next Thursday.”

“Which means we need to seriously staff up, so if you
know of people who would be a good fit, get them to apply and we will set up
interviews starting on Monday, and they do not all have to be from the
states, they just need to be accepting and good at what they do,” Aaron told
them. “I’ll let the different department heads talk to each of you about
your rotation on the Asclepius, but what I am thinking it will be in the beginning,
you
will do one week there, one week back. The shifts will be four hour days on
the Asclepius and then one week
here with eight hour days before repeating, hopefully by the time it cycles
one more time, we will have attracted enough staff so that we pretty much
can settle down to a steady schedule, or at least as much as a trauma center
ever can.”

“One more thing before I let you get on with your day,
we will be installing a long range teleporter on the Asclepius and it will
be one of the first things installed at the new hospital, so even though you
will be scheduled for rotation on the Asclepius, you will not be gone from
your home for more than your shift, that is, unless you plan to go into town
and do some shopping.” Aaron frowned, “You
know that one more thing phrase is starting to turn out like that damn
American potato chip commercial,” Aaron let them laugh before saying, “make
sure each and every one of you makes it to the security office to get your
new passport before leaving on the Asclepius, one of the benefits of working
for the Kingdom is that you become a citizen of our Kingdom, and I’ll let
the others,” Aaron pointed to the five department heads,” let you know what
the benefits are like, and don’t forget, those of you that brought your
families, that means make sure all of them make it to security to get their
passports, in case you want to take a day trip after your shift. Now really,
that was the end, I’ll let the others pass out the rest of the news.” He
left to the standing ovation his people gave him, feeling pretty weird
before he made it out of sight and ported to the atrium.

Seeing John and Scott, “You guys ready to go?” Aaron
asked as he walked over towards them glancing at the time, breakfast would
be almost over if he did not hurry, grabbing on to them when they nodded in
the affirmative, he ported to the main med bay. “Carl, are you around here
somewhere?”

Carl, sticking his head out of one of the resequencing
pods, waved, “Over here, did you bring me some new guinea pigs…I mean
customers,” he laughed, as he walked out into the hall.

“Oh great a saw bones with a sense of humor, of all the
docs we could get stuck with, we get stuck with a comedian…how’s it hanging
Carl?” John laughed.

“Come on over here guys and I’ll get you set up for
your resequencing; we’ll use the end pod,” Carl waved them over as he
started down the hall towards the end pod, leaving Aaron smiling and waving
goodbye.

Walking out of the med bay, Aaron noticed the Graves
boys over by the lake, “Hey Adam,” he called out when he spotted the three
of them walking by, “you guys finish
breakfast already?”

Nodding as he ran over, followed by the twins, “Sure
did, Chris made french toast and bacon, and we had some eggs and juice…have
you heard any news yet?”

“That’s why I called you over, Brialey probably has not
found you yet, so I’ll go ahead and tell you, we found your dad, and
tomorrow night right before midnight, we expect to pick him up in Yokohama.
He’ll probably meet you Saturday morning on Altair Minor some time after
breakfast. I’ll make sure Brialey finds you at the dining hall right after
breakfast, so stick close until he gets there okay?” Aaron accepted the hug
from the twins and Adam with a smile.

“Thank you…thank you very much,” Adam had tears in his
eyes, tears of joy.

Spending a few minutes talking to the teens, Aaron
finally was able to port to the Clan Hall, as he approached the kitchen, he
looked into the steam table pans sorrowfully as they were empty, sighing he
entered the kitchen, he could whip something up real fast he thought, walking
around the counter he smiled at Richard and Kevin sitting and talking, “Hi
loves, I hope this is not the way the rest of my day is going to go.” Aaron
sighed again, as he opened the refrigerator to see what leftovers were around the
he could quickly reheat. Not finding anything, he looked in the freezer
compartment for something and found one of his chocolate donuts and decided
that would have to do for now.

Seeing the worried look cross Kevin’s face, Aaron
smiled, “I had a piece of toast and a sausage patty which is not my idea of
breakfast. People just did not seem to want to let me go this morning, so I
missed breakfast and don’t have time to start things from scratch not with
having to be in England at the palace in…” Aaron looked at the clock “shit
ten minutes and I still have to get that whatever he is going to call it
from Pete before I go.” Aaron stuffed more of the donut in his mouth as he
walked around the counter and realized he had finished the donut and was not
full. Staring at his hand, he sighed before going back to the freezer,
pulling out another donut and eating it.

Pulling his scanner out of his pocket, he set it to
scan and pointed it at himself as Kevin and Richard followed him towards the
house, by the time he made it to the library off his bedroom, he pathed
Pete, “Pete are you in the hidden
room or your room, I need to get a move on,” he frowned at the readings
he was getting. He needed some time off that was one thing for sure, well it
would have to be an early day or else they could handle it all themselves he
thought.

Pete, sneaking out of the hidden room, saw Aaron
frowning at his scanner and saw the worried expression on Kevin’s face, “what’s
wrong,” he pathed Kevin.

“He finished off
two of those donuts without hesitation and probably could go for another and
he does not like the readings he is getting from the scan he ran on himself.”
Kevin returned on a tight channel so Aaron would not eavesdrop.

“That settles it, I’m on portation duty for you this
morning, when you are ready to come back and I do mean be ready before lunch
time, path me and I’ll port you back, you can spend the rest of the day
puttering about in the Clan garden.” Kevin was forceful, as Pete handed over
the device.

Putting his scanner away, Aaron shrugged, not about to
fight Kevin about something this simple and it would give him practice he
thought. “Ready there Richard, let’s get you home to your grandmother,
everyone will show up tomorrow around noon, and then you guys can go out on
the town or something while the old fogeys listen to me bitch them out in
the house of lords tomorrow morning, so it’s up to you and your cousins to
come up with a plan to take everyone sightseeing.”

“Thanks Pete, I’ll let you know how the special effects
are appreciated,” Aaron told him, as he walked towards his office and the
generator; Kevin was practically running to get there first. Aaron, arm
around Richard’s shoulder and side by side with Pete, walked into his office
to see Kevin still with his concerned look on his face holding one of the
energy drinks and another donut out towards him, looking at Kevin as if he
was playing a mother hen, Aaron nevertheless took both the drink and the
donut and quickly ate the donut and drank from the energy drink, smiling at
feeling a lot better, “Thanks Kevin, trust me I am planning on getting back
here and resting for the rest of the day.
Honestly Kevin let me get through
this morning and I’ll probably take a nap and then do some emails and stuff
from bed.”

Kevin nodded slowly before looking at Pete, “I’ll need
a visualization from you for the palace dining room, and then how to
activate the device Aaron placed on his belt.”

Pete walked behind Kevin and placed a hand on his
shoulder and did as he asked, sending both the information and visualization
and a second later, Aaron and Richard ported out in a dazzling light
display. Looking at Kevin, Pete nodded his head and pathed the rest of the
Clan, “Emergency Clan meeting at the
dining hall; grab the non telepaths and meet us there.”

Editors section:

RadioRanchers Musings:

Okay, It looks like we have not been able to save
everyone.I suppose it had to
happen sometime. What happened to the boy at the mall, who's father tried to
kill him?

I am somewhat surprised that Richard didn't ask for
asylum. Maybe he still will.

Getting both hospitals running at least to some level
is a very good thing. Pete seems to be quite that gadget guy, doesn't he?That was a cool idea to make something that looks like technology to
explain the porting. Well, I know there were more things I was going to say,
but i can't think of them at the moment, so maybe next time.

Darryl AKA The Radio Rancher

A/N: Mall what mall
J,
as far as not being able to save everyone, well even with all the wonderful
tech I built for the guys in my story, you just can’t save everyone, and it
is how you deal with that that I, I think makes these characters interesting
to hear about.

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